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- Pillory - Wikipedia
The pillory is a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, used during the medieval and renaissance periods for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse [1]
- PILLORY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
In days gone by, criminals who got caught might well have found themselves in the stocks (which held the feet or both feet and hands) or a pillory Both of those forms of punishment—and the words that name them—have been around since the Middle Ages
- Exploring the Historic Use of the Pillory - Knights Templar
The pillory, also known as the pillory stocks, was a form of punishment in which offenders were held in a public place for public humiliation and ridicule It consisted of a wooden framework with holes for the offender’s head and hands, immobilizing them and exposing them to public scrutiny
- History of Pillory and Stocks
In their simplest form, these are a pair of stocks hinged together at one end and, at the other end, a hasp and staple for a padlock The lower stock is fixed to the ground The stocks confine the victim’s ankles, who is obliged to sit in that position, either on the ground or on a wooden bench
- PILLORY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
A pillory is a wooden frame with holes for the head and hands In Europe in former times criminals were sometimes locked in a pillory as a form of punishment Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
- Pillory - definition of pillory by The Free Dictionary
To expose to ridicule and abuse 2 To put in a pillory as punishment [Middle English, from Old French pilori, probably from Latin pīla, pillar ] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Pillory | Definition, History, Examples | Britannica
Pillory, an instrument of corporal punishment consisting of a wooden post and frame fixed on a platform raised several feet from the ground The head and hands of the offender were thrust through holes in the frame (as were the feet in the stocks) so as to be held fast and exposed in front of it
- PILLORY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
PILLORY definition: a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision See examples of pillory used in a sentence
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